There’s a Catch to the NC Education Budget

>>After a grueling debate season full of rallies, marches and public actions, it seems as though public education in North Carolina finally had a little win. Teacher Assistants are written into the state budget. We avoided cutting over 5,000 jobs and, in fact, increased the funding for education a bit.

Call me a cynic, but when I read that my immediate thought was “Okay, that’s great- but what’s the catch here?” So I investigated.

As one of the lowest ranking states in the nation for >>teacher pay and >>educational outcomes, North Carolina is providing little incentive for educators to come here. In fact, >>teacher flight is one of the biggest challenges facing our state right now. If we can’t even keep our existing educators here, how can we possibly expect to draw in more?

The NC General Assembly “threw us a bone,” so to speak — but there is no meat on it.

These Teachers (with a capital T) and Teacher’s Assistants are the women and men we entrust with our most precious possessions – our children, our very future. We want teachers to give their best, and they should be honored by getting fairly compensated for it.

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Words cannot capture the excitement our team at Women AdvaNCe feels after our time with you last Thursday. Your enthusiasm, engagement, and generosity lifts us on this Monday morning. We look forward to having you in our community. There are opportunities to write for us through the Writer's Colle...